That's unfortunate, but this is working as intended. The sandbox provided to strictly-confined snaps (including chromium) doesn't allow access to the system-wide /tmp, to prevent untrusted applications from stealing data from others.
This was discussed at length there: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t /sharing-files-via-tmp/1613. ** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901065 Title: Chromium Browser (snap) Fails to Open Local Files from /tmp Directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1901065/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs